Deep-Space Radar Hits Key Testing Milestone

DARC completes first space domain awareness demo

The Space Force "successfully" tested multiple antennas at the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability Site 1, according to prime contractor Northrop Grumman, marking a "significant step" toward operational capability. The demonstration used seven of DARC’s 27 antennas based in Western Australia to show the array could function as a single system to identify the movement of multiple satellites, the company said in a news release issued last week. “…

Deep-space radar hits key testing milestone

The Space Force’s deep-space radar hit a testing milestone in recent weeks, using seven of its antennas to track multiple satellites in orbit from a site in Australia.The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, or DARC, is being built by Northrop Grumman to detect and track activity in geosynchronous orbit — from space debris to hostile movement that could harm U.S. or allied satellites. The ground-based system is slated to be fully operational by…

US Space Force's new deep space radar tracks multiple satellites 22,000 miles away in key test

The U.S. Space Force's powerful new military radar system designed to detect and track objects in distant orbits above Earth has passed an initial key test.

NGC Integrates Multiple Antennas to Track Satellites

A technology demonstration for a highly deep-space tracking radar system has been conducted by Northrop Grumman Corporation and U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC). The demonstration was conducted at DARC Site 1 in Western Australia using multiple ground-based antennas.“Northrop Grumman’s DARC will provide a strategic advantage at a scale never before achieved in global space domain a…